JPH03230672A - Picture communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent waste of recording paper from being caused for a receiver side by selecting and detecting an original received in deputy. CONSTITUTION:The equipment consists of a system control section 1, a reception circuit 2, a line 3, a communication buffer 4, an image memory 5, an information storage memory 6, a line memory 7, a picture recording section 8, and an operation section (command input section) 9. In the case of deputy reception of a picture communication equipment, the received data is shared into a required data and an unrequired data for the recipient and printed out. Thus, waste of recording paper is avoided and unarrangement of an office due to useless paper or the like is prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image communication apparatus, and particularly to an image communication apparatus capable of selecting originals to be recorded and output during proxy reception.

Conventional technology In image communication devices such as facsimiles,
- Even if there is a shortage of recording paper for copying, the receiving operation continues and the received data is stored in memory, and when new recording paper is detected, the received data is recorded and output. There are some that have a so-called proxy reception function.

Conventionally, such a facsimile machine automatically records all manuscripts and all pages in sequence when stored data becomes recordable. In other words, in such a facsimile, a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of recording paper notifies the control unit that recording is possible, and the control unit reads the data from the memory that stores the contents of the received data and controls recording one page at a time. The information was recorded as a hard copy in the mechanism department according to the control.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in conventional facsimile machines capable of proxy reception, when recording paper is newly set and the sensor sends a signal indicating that recording is possible, the control unit The fax machine reads and records all the data stored in memory, so when direct mail is frequently sent via facsimile, as it has recently, this is unnecessary for the recipient. can be,
There was a problem in that it was necessary to record received data, which would only cause waste of paper.

The present invention has been made in view of these conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image communication device that can selectively output manuscripts that have been received by proxy.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a memory means for storing received and processed image data in an image communication device that receives and records and outputs images sent from a sending device. a storage means for storing management information for each document created based on the received data, and a control for storing the received data in the memory means or reading it from the memory means and transferring it to the image recording section. The present invention is summarized in that a command input unit is provided for sending an instruction to the control unit to stop the operation regarding the data being recorded and outputted as an image.

Effect With the above configuration, in the image communication device of the present invention, when there is a shortage of recording paper during the reception operation, the image communication device shifts to the substitute reception operation,
Store received data in a memory member. Thereafter, when a sector of the recording paper is completed, the control means recognizes this, reads the data from the memory member, and transfers it to the recording means. When the operator looks at the image output from the recording means and determines that this document is unnecessary, he inputs an interrupt command from the command input section, and this interrupt command is sent to the control section, stopping image recording and output. be done. This recording interruption process is performed on a page-by-page basis or on an original (namely, document) basis, and after the interruption process is performed, the next data is recorded and output.

Embodiment FIGS. 2 to 4 are diagrams showing an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a facsimile, which is an image communication device.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a system control unit that includes a processor and a program that operates the processor and controls the overall operation of the facsimile; 2 controls communication with line 3 and executes predetermined transmission control procedures. This is a receiving circuit that realizes facsimile reception. The receiving circuit 2 includes a modem that performs predetermined demodulation processing for data reception, and a network control section that has an automatic call/receive function. Reference numeral 4 indicates a communication buffer that adjusts the data received and processed by the receiving circuit 2 with the timing of the system, and 5 indicates a communication buffer 4.
The communication buffer 4 and the image memory 5 are provided separately and store the received data until the image recording is completed, and the image memory stores the compressed data after the reception processing. You can also do it. Reference numeral 7 is an information storage memory that stores management information for each manuscript or page, such as the sender ID and date of reception, and 7 is a print line unit for recording processed data when images can be recorded. 8 is an image recording unit that inputs the data transferred from the line memory 7 and outputs the received image as a hard copy; 9 is a command that inputs various commands to the system control unit 1; This is an operation section as an input section. The system control unit 1 not only controls the overall operation of the facsimile machine, but also performs data processing such as restoring encoded received data to original image data by data compression processing or the like.

The interception operation of the facsimile having such a configuration will be explained below.

In facsimile reception operation, the other party's facsimile IJ
Various command signals are exchanged between them according to procedures defined by international standards. In this facsimile communication, information indicating the other party's facsimile (ie, ID) is received and included in the command signal in the form of a code. The system control unit 1 receives information for confirming the other party from the receiving circuit 2, extracts the information from the temporarily stored received data, and extracts the information from the received data, along with the date and time of reception and the operation mode information determined at that time. It is stored in the information storage memory 6. The date and time can be obtained from the clock function in the 7-stem control unit 1, and a management information table 10 as shown in FIG. 2 is created. This management information table IO is created for each communication message. When an image signal is received, the received data is stored in the communication buffer 4 and also stored in the image memory 5 at the same time. An image data table 11 as shown in FIG. 3 is created in the image memory 5 by the storage operation of the received data. Whether or not there is an error in reception of the data in the communication buffer 4 is determined by decoding the encoded data, but the data for which the result is known is discarded.

Next, when data reception is completed and the data is stored in the image memory 5 and the information storage memory 6, when the recording paper is cented, the facsimile is restored to a recordable state. A signal indicating the normal state of the facsimile is transmitted to the seven-stem control section 1 from the image recording section 8 or a sensor provided around it. Then,
The seven-stem control section 1 controls the recording operation according to the operating procedure shown in FIG.

That is, first, a processing step (hereinafter simply referred to as step) S
The TI checks whether or not the recording operation is possible, and if it is determined that the recording operation is possible, the information storage memory 6 is searched in step ST2, and then the process proceeds to step ST3.
Check whether there is a page (next page) to be recorded.

When it is determined in this check process that there is no next page, the recording operation is terminated, while when it is determined that there is a next page, a recording instruction is given to the image recording unit 8 in step ST4, and the image memory 5, decodes the data, and transfers it to the line memory 7 line by line. The image recording unit 8 performs recording by inputting data from the line memory 7 and printing it. During this printing operation, the system control unit 1
In step ST5, it is checked whether the recorded page is finished. When the printing of the corresponding page is completed, the process returns to step ST2 and continues the recording operation of steps ST2 to ST5. On the other hand, if printing of the corresponding page is not completed in step ST5, the system control unit 1 moves to step ST6 and checks whether an alarm has occurred. If an alarm has occurred, the system control section 1 proceeds to step ST7. At step ST8, alarm processing is performed, and if no alarm has occurred, the process moves to step ST8 to check whether there is a recording interruption command. When starting printing in step ST4,
When the operator looks at the hard copy that has started to be recorded and output and determines that it is an unnecessary document and inputs an interrupt instruction signal from the operation unit 9, the system control unit 1 executes step S.
The interruption command is confirmed at T8, and the operation of the image recording section 8 is stopped at step ST9. Accordingly, the image recording section 8 outputs the contents recorded up to that point.

At this time, a display indicating that recording has been interrupted may be displayed on a display section (not shown) provided in the facsimile according to an instruction from the system control section 1. Next, the system control unit 1 returns to step ST2 and proceeds to the operation after this processing step. Therefore, when the next page to be recorded remains in the image memory 5, the recording operation for this page is performed, and the operation is repeated until all the received pages are recorded.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, when an image communication device performs proxy reception, the received data can be divided into data necessary for the receiver and data unnecessary for the receiver and recorded and output. No need to waste recording paper,
This also has the effect of preventing the office from becoming cluttered with unnecessary paper and the like.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the format of an information storage memory used in the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the format of the information storage memory used in the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the recording control operation at the time of proxy reception in this embodiment. l... System control unit, 2... Receiving circuit, 3...
line, 4... communication buffer, 5... image memory, 6... information storage memory, 7... line memory,
8... Image recording section, 9... Operation section (command input section).

Claims (1)

[Claims] Receiving means for receiving and processing received data from a line; buffer means for storing the received and processed data; memory means provided separately from the buffer means for storing data; a storage means for storing management information for each manuscript created in the above; an image recording section for recording and outputting the received data; and a storage means for storing the received data in the memory means or reading it from the memory means and sending it to the image recording section. An image communication device comprising: a control means for transferring data; and a command input section for sending an instruction to the control section to stop operation regarding data being output from an image recording section.